Improvement in machines foe making hoop-suets



@uiten gisten strnt @frn s. H. 'PERKINS AND THOMAS s. GILBERT, or NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

` 'LnrerSPa-fmlvo. 62,359, mesmo-uwen,1867.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:V

Be it known that We, S. H. PERKINS and THOMAS S. GILBERT, of New Haven,in the county of New I Haven, und State ci' Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement in the Manufacture of Hoop-Skirts ;4 and we do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings und the letters of reference marked thereon, to be .i full,clear, and exa-ct description of the sume, and which .sa-id drawingsconstitute part of` this specilicntion, and represent, in#- Figure 1, aside view.

Figure 2, a top view.

Figure 3, .fr-longitudinal centrulsection :und in Y Figure 4, a detachedvieu of a por-tion of the cylinder' te illustrate the clamp.

This'invention relates to an improvement in thevpreparction of thecommon covered wire preparatory to forming` it into hoops, the objectbeing to cut the Wire to the length required, and marl: or print uponthe surface of the covered wire the points where the tape is to'besecured; und eonsistsin u mechanism, which, receiving the wire,automatically measuresgprints, or marks the' point for securing y'chetape, and, when sh measured to the'rcquired length and marked, vcuts oh"the wire at the measured length.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct und use ourimprovement, we vwill proceed o Il" '-ribe the seine as illustratediiivthe accompanying drawings. I

A is a cylinder, of a circumference equal atleast to vthe largestheopvrequired to Vbe measured. It is supported upon a. shaft, inbearings on. theA uprights C, und revolve-'l by means of u crank, D,attached to the shaft, or otherwise.- 4'In'the'periphery et'. thecylinder arelornrefb-greeves't-ef, more er less in nurnhe r, in

Width, and depth, so ns to' receive each-a strand of the covered vfire,and so that the surface'of the wire will lie :Hush with, or alittleabove, .the .surface of thecylinder. AAcross the face' of the cylinderis tixcd agauge, d,

-With clamp, pas seen in fig. li, which is adjustable, so as to be setat any point upon the surface of the cylinder. The ends of several wiresare tukcn from their 'respective reels, passed betweed guide-rolls, E,to the cylinder, and their ends set against the gauge c7, and there.made .fast to the cylinder by the clamp or other equivalent device.Above the cylinder, or at some point upon its surface, is fix-ed aprinting roll, F, which con. sists of a. cylinder, presenting points orangles longitudinally upon its surface, each oi'-v which points whenrevolved wlll press upon the surface ofthe cylinder withthe force ofthesprings upon their bearings, G. Above the seid printing roll isixedthe inking roll H, provided with ink, or any coloring material whichwill impart to each of the points upon the printing roll, as the twocome in contact, so I'n'uclrinkfor other coloring matter 11S/,Will printor indicate the point'of Acontact o i' the said points upon. thecylinder, or the wire lying upon its surface. i' Upon the edge of thecylinder Aare arranged studs,j`, projecting above the surface of thecylinder, und adjustable, so as to bc setut' any desired point aroundthe cylinder.A When the vcylinder is revolved the sa-id studs eachoperate theprinting roll so as to bring one of the printing points incontact with the surface of the roll. Therefore, when the wires havebeen secured, as before described, to Athe surface of the cylinder, andthe cylinder revolved as denoted, 'the`wire is carried aroundur.dernesth,but clear of the printing roll, 'until the til-ststudfstrikes or operates the printing roll to turn the roll one point'.In thus turning, the point which has been previously inked presses'upo'nthe several wires, and prints or leaves upon the surface ot' the Wire unimpression, passing on until the second stud operates the rll, a. secondpoint is marked, and so on, as many Ypoints as there are tapestobefattached, and at such points as the tapes are to be secured. Atsom-e point upon the periphery of the cylinder a cutter I, is fixed,extending across the surface and'upon a shaft, L, is fixed ncorresponding cutter, P, which said cutter is caused, by connection withthe cylinder, to revolve with such a.' velocity that the two cuttersshall' at the proper time come in Contact, (as denoted in red in fig.3,) and cut oil the several uires; illus, the wire being securedunderthe clamp, (as denoted in black, iig.. 8,) will bc drawn in andmarked until the cutter (also denoted in black) errives at the point ofcontact with the other cutter, as denoted in red, :1t whichpoint theseveral wires will be out off. It' longer or shorter Wires are required,adjust thc gauge and clump to the requisite distance from the cutter I,so that the revolution of the cylinder to lthe cutter measures thelength of the hoop. Set the several studs to' the required pointsfoi-'marking the several wires. -One set of wires being cut they arereleased from the-clump, .unother s'etinserted, und so on. By thisarrangement one person is'ennbled to do the work of many, and that 'withthe utmost accuracy, as the hoops for the sume positiouin diierentslain-ts will all be of the some size, and each hoop certain to be ofthe required relative proportion to the hoop above and below, and thepoint for securing the tope being thus'iudicnted with mathematicalprecision. Themskint `when completed will present :in equally finishedappearance, more perfect than can be attained by the orflinnry process.l l Having thus fully described our invention, what we'cla-im es new anduseful, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is#- I' 1. Thecombination of a'. feeding cylinder A, n printer or indicatoi FLwith agauge and clamp to secure-the ends of the Wire to the cylinder,substantially as herein set forth. v

42. VThe combination of the feeding cylinder A, provided with a. clampfor securing the ends of the wire to the cylinder, in combinationwith'cutters I and P, substantially as herein set forth;

3. The combination of the feeding` cylinder A povidod with n clnm'p forsecuring the ends of the wixe to the cylinder, the printer or indicatoE', and the cutters P and I, snbstnntialiy as herein set forth.

` s. H. PERKINS, Witues'ses: T. S. GILBERT.

JOHN H. SHUMWAY, I A. J. TIBBITS.

